Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Christmas Presents!

A few days before Christmas 
a surprise package came from Noodles the Pug
Earlier in the year Greta had won a prize in 
Noodles Birthday Hat Contest

OMP! Treats and toys from
Pugs in the Kitchen!


And Two Cards!
It seemed that Sarge had also won a prize
 and wanted his prize to go to Greta.



Thank you Noodles & Sarge too!
We will surely enjoy the toys and the yummy treats in 
Angel Greta's honor!

It started snowing here in Idaho on Christmas Eve


This is what is looked like out our window 
Christmas morning!

And look!


something peeking out of Angel Greta's stocking!!


A new Pug in the house!

What do you make of that?

We are the PugRanch Kids
Bailey & Hazel


Friday, December 26, 2014

It's Party Time at Dory's!


We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
We sure did!
Now today is our friend Dory's Birthday!
She is throwing a big Christmas/Birthday Bash

Bailey & I are ready for the pawty
dressed in our Christmas finery


He is hoping there will be some single ladies
 at the pawty willing to dance with an older gent


I am anxiously awaiting my date 

the very handsome Oreo

Oh how romantic!

Oreo  has come for me in a horse drawn carriage!


We were enjoying the carriage ride through town  
 seeing all the beautiful Christmas lights



When Oreo surprised me with a gift!

A beautiful bracelet to match my dress!

Oreo you are so sweet! I love it!



Now we are off to Dory's!
come join us and wish her 
a Happy Birthday!


We are the PugRanch Kids
Bailey & Hazel

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

FFHT Special Christmas Eve Edition with Angel Greta

Yes it is a special edition of 
Fractured Fryday Hairy Tails
hosted by


We had our choice of lines to use

"But I think you should know . . ." 
or a more seasonal inclusion
"And then the chubby elf says . . ."  


Well dear Friends
Mom has been so busy getting
things ready for the big family get together tonight
 she wanted me to tell you 
that we really don't have a story today 

But I think you should know...
HA HA! we still got the FFHT line in there!


I am the guest blogger today on 


The Daily Pip !

Yep you can see me!
Angel Greta 
over at The Daily Pip!


Wishing all of our Friends a most Merry Christmas

We are the PugRanch Kids
Bailey, Hazel & Angel Greta


Monday, December 22, 2014

There's a New Blog in Blogville

Hello Friends!
We have something very important to tell you


If you haven't already heard we have joined paws with
Murphy & Stanley, Easy, Madi & Sasha and now
 there is a new POTP Blog 

Here is the announcement from

We wanted to let everybody know something has changed!  We decided that our POTP tab was just NOT working out.  The comments were just bunched together and there was no real way to know if there was an addition or update since you couldn't "follow" it.  

So we, along with 4 other bloggers (Easy, Madi, Sasha & Idaho Pugs), have created a separate blog dedicated solely to POTP!!  How cool is that??  

Now you all can go over to the new POTP blog and follow it so that whenever someone needs thoughts, prayers, comfort, or support we can all know right away!  Or as our furiends Frankie and Ernie say, we can quickly "circle our wagons"!!

Now we really do hope
 that you will not ever need a post on the new POTP blog, 
but we also know first hand how much it means to have the support of your friends when you are in need
So we encourage you follow the new
Blogville POTP blog
so you can know right away when a friend needs some POTP
(you can click the badge on our sidebar to go there)


If you do find yourself or a friend is in need
just fill out the POTP request form on the blog
or you can contact us at
pugranch2 AT msn DOT com



And now for the latest card count at the Pug Ranch



Pugs - 61 cards and e-cards

Pugs & Peeps - 3

Peeps - 6

We are the PugRanch Kids
Bailey & Hazel

Friday, December 19, 2014

Mom's Special Gift from Dad


 I promised you one more "special" post

 and I want to show you my 
Greta Memorial Bead
from 


Greta and I shared a very strong bond
After losing her, I was desperate for some way 
to feel like she was still with me 
and I remembered reading about
 Sisu Beads Memorial Jewelry
several months ago at our friends 
Pooches Smooches 

Sisu Beads uses a very tiny amount of your loved ones ashes
 and creates a beautiful piece of jewelry.

from their web site
Sisu Beads memorial jewelry as a tangible way to stay connected.  Every Sisu Bead is hand sculpted with love.   The cremation ashes are hand mixed with the glaze and fired into the bead 

I showed this to my husband and he agreed
I needed a Greta Memorial bead

the ordering was easy -  I picked out the style of bead 
and the color I wanted right there on the website. 

Within a few days a package arrived with a gift box inside

Don't know why blogger insists to put these sideways
Inside was a collection kit and instructions.
The kit contained a small plastic envelope
 and a small spoon.
Only a very small amount of ash was needed 
(about the size of a watermelon seed)
any unused ash would be returned.
Everything was sealed and put in the prepaid priority mail envelope that was provided
They also encourage sending along a picture and to tell them something about your loved one. 

Off in the mail it went
 and two days later we received a personal email 
letting us know that our special package had arrived and they would take the very best care of our Greta

Four weeks later another gift package arrived
Along with a hand written note card




And inside the package was my very special



Greta Memorial Bead



pink of course

And not only that
 but also a box of note cards 
with Greta's picture on them

 This was not the picture I had sent to them by the way
They had taken the time to visit our blog 
and choose a picture from there!

I was so impressed with the personal and caring service
If you are ever thinking about something like this
I would highly recommend contacting
Gina & Julie 


It was while I was waiting for my Sisu Bead to arrive



that a very dear friend 
sent us the beautiful little Greta Star
Now I have two precious ways 
to keep my girl close to my heart

love
the PugRanch Mom


We are The PugRanch Kids
Mr Bailey & Hazel 






Monday, December 15, 2014

December Chewy Review


We were very excited to see a 
arrive for us last week


Inside the box was a bag of
Merrick Texas Toothpicks


Merrick Texas Toothpicks have one ingredient
Beef Tail
They are an all natural puffy textured treat 
no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives
high in protein and low in fat


And of course Made right here in the USA



These crunchy treats are to help keep your 
teeth and gums clean


Mom is always looking for something good for us 
to chew to help our teeth
Bailey likes almost any dental chew
 but I, Hazel can be very picky


So lets give it the smell test
smells good!

Now for the chew test


Bailey got chewing right away
after 15 minutes more than half was gone


And I got chewing too -sort of
Mom was encouraged that I was trying to chew on it
 but I don't have very strong chompers
(in fact I am scheduled for a dental to take care of some problem teeth)
but I did keep working at it 
and managed to soften it up some. 
Just the fact that I kept trying meant that I really liked it!

Overall we both liked these 
Mom wished they lasted a little longer for Bailey
We liked the crunchy texture and Mom liked 
that they did not get slimey like rawhide chews

Thanks Chewy for letting us try
Merrick Texas Toothpicks



Disclaimer: We were not compensated for this review, 
Chewy.com sent this bag of Merrick Texas Toothpicks to us in exchange for an honest review


We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey & Hazel


Friday, December 12, 2014

Flashback Friday Christmas 2013


Christmas 2013 Photo Shoot


The girls felt stylish in their winter scarves


Mr Bailey on the other hand
was not too happy 



with his Santa hat and beard



Card Count

Pugs - 35 (cards & ecards)
Peeps - 1 card 


We are the PugRanch Kids
Bailey, Hazel & Angel Greta


Monday, December 8, 2014

Mom's Great Plan

Cards, Cards, Cards

Mom had a plan -
If she printed her own Christmas cards, 
she could afford the stamps to send them all out

So she bought postcard paper - 4 cards to a sheet
and a box of envelopes



She spent Saturday morning getting the envelopes ready while we waited for Dad to come home so we could do our photo shoot for the cards.

I was so excited about my new Christmas dress


I just wanted to dance - not sit still for a picture!

And Bailey - well - 


Just take my picture and give me a treat already!

But a few good pictures were gotten
(and thank goodness for photoshop!)

Mom got busy designing the cards
there was to be print on both sides

 finally all was ready to start printing

One page

two pages

Then the printer started acting up
and would not pull the thicker paper through

No matter what Mom did it did not want to cooperate
after 2 hrs - 4 sheets printed on one side only

AAARRRGGGGGHHH!

What to do? - what to do?
Her great plan was falling apart.

Dad said give it rest and try again in the morning

So she did 
and Sunday the printer decided to be nice


and a stack of cards are going in the mail today!
(Note to Mom - let someone else print the cards next year)



And this is where we tell you our card count



Pugs -  21
Peeps - 1

thank you everyone!



 Now for Upcoming Events & Save The Dates!


December 24th - FFHT

December 26th - Dory's Birthday and Christmas Pawty (pics due Dec. 20th).

January 9th, 2015 - Inauguration & Swearing In forDoodz Mayorz

January 9th, 2015 - After the Inauguration, come to Dory's Pajama Pawty!

January 10th, 2015 - Madi's Farewell, hosted by Sarge

January 12, 2015 - Blogville Administration Blog Hop to acquaint all citizens with the new services available to them.

January 24, 2015 - Letter To My Paw Pal.



We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey & Hazel




Friday, December 5, 2014

Flashback Friday - Greta's Pajamas

2012 was Greta's first Christmas

For our Christmas photo shoot
 I ordered jammies from



Of course Greta's were pink.


9 months old! 



such a pretty girl

they all looked so cute in their jammies


2012 Christmas Card picture


This year I ordered a Christmas dress for Hazel
and a matching bow tie for Bailey
once again from the Etsy shop of Pug Possessed


The dress is gorgeous!
We will do our photo shoot this weekend
and then get our cards ready to go out

speaking of cards

Pugs - 10

Peeps - 1



We are the PugRanch Kids
Bailey, Hazel & Angel Greta














Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Card Count!


Hello Friends!
It's Bailey again
Mom's favorite picture of me!


I had a wonderful birthday 
and thank you for all the good wishes!

 I got a couple of great cards


From Easy & Staff


And from my sweet friends 
Freya Rose Blossom and Frankie de tabby

You all made my day special!


And the Christmas cards are starting to arrive!

Pugs - 6

Peeps - 0

bwwaahaaaa ahaha ha!


We are the PugRanch Kids
Bailey & Hazel


Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Birthday Boy!

Mr Bailey is 12 years old today!


such a handsome pup


And still as handsome as ever!


We are the PugRanch Kids
Mr Bailey & Hazel